Rare signed in the plate offset lithographic poster - a proof pull with the title only. Printed by Imperial Union Paris.

Produced for the 1974 exhibition Renoir à Picasso at Galerie Romanet in Paris, this rare poster positions Picasso within a continuum of modern painting, highlighting his engagement with Renoir’s approach to the body, intimacy, and pictorial pleasure.

The image is adapted from Picasso’s 1948 lithograph Woman in an Armchair, depicting his partner Françoise Gilot enthroned with an air of authority. Her flowing dress, embroidered with fertility motifs, emphasises both sensuality and symbolic depth, while the composition reflects Picasso’s dialogue with classical portraiture—an echo of Renoir’s own interest in grace, form, and human presence.

Printed in Paris by Imperial Union, this proof pull is signed in the plate and produced specifically for exhibition publicity rather than as a decorative reproduction.

By the 1970s, Picasso was increasingly presented through historical dialogue, and this poster embodies that approach: transforming a private, figurative image into a public statement about artistic continuity, admiration, and reinterpretation, where the pleasures of seeing and the enduring human figure link generations of modern artists.